consists of diced lamb cooked with spices, tomatoes, chopped onions and chick peas. Often potatoes, zucchini, carrots and green peppers are added to the mixture depending on the season, the area and the family. The main spices used for the stew are dried red chillies, caraway, ras el hanout, black pepper and cumin. There is a variant of this dish in Batna and nearby towns, like Barika, M'Sila and Biskra, that uses a different type of bread. See also List of Middle Eastern dishes Algerian cuisine Torta de gazpacho, a similar Spanish dish both in its appearance and origin. List of African dishes References Batna, Algeria Arab cuisine Algerian cuisine Flatbread dishes Chickpea dishes Middle Eastern cuisine Berber cuisine Maghrebi cuisine North African cuisine